Exercise and massage device

ABSTRACT

An exercise and massage device includes an elongate member made of rubber material for increasing the resilience and the flexibility of the elongate member, and for allowing the device to be used for rhythmic exercising purposes. One or both ends of the elongate member each includes an enlarged head or a weight, such as a magnetic or cylindrical or spherical weight. A hand grip may further be attached onto the elongate member and may be easily and quickly formed onto the elongate member with molding processes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to an exercise device, and moreparticularly to an exercise and massage device.

[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0004] U.S. Pat. No. 1,254,974 to Eriggs discloses one of the typicalexercise and massage devices and includes a number of flexible tonguesand a grip attached to the middle portion of the flexible tongues forrhythmic exercise purposes. The flexible tongues may not be solidlyretained in the grip and may be easily moved relative to the grip andmay thus be easily disengaged from the grip.

[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 4,865,316 to Yeaman discloses the other typicalexercise device and includes two handles attached to the ends of a shortstraight section of helically wound cable. The helically wound cable hasa bad resilience and thus may not be used for massage purposes or forrhythmical exercises. In addition, a number of elements are required tobe manufactured and assembled by workers, such that the exercise deviceis not good for mass production.

[0006] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate theafore-described disadvantages of the conventional exercise and massagedevices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide anexercise and massage device including a resilient and flexible structurehaving a greatly simplified configuration that is excellent for massproduction and that may be made with less expenses.

[0008] In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is providedan exercise and massage device comprising an elongate body made ofrubber material for increasing the resilience and the flexibility of theelongate body, and for allowing the device to be used for rhythmicexercising purposes.

[0009] The elongate body includes at least one end having an enlargedhead formed thereon and/or having a weight engaged therein. The weightis preferably a magnetic weight, and preferably includes a cylindricalor a spherical shape.

[0010] A hand grip may further be provided and attached onto theelongate body. The hand grip and/or the elongate body preferablyincludes a wavy outer peripheral surface. The enlarged head and/or theweight and/or the wavy outer peripheral surface and/or the hand grip maybe easily formed and manufactured with one or more molding processeswithout additional assembling operations.

[0011] Further objectives and advantages of the present invention willbecome apparent from a careful reading of a detailed descriptionprovided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to accompanyingdrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012]FIG. 1 is a plane view illustrating the operation of an exerciseand massage device in accordance with the present invention;

[0013]FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of FIG. 1;and

[0014]FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view similar to FIG. 2, illustratingthe other embodiment of the exercise and massage device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0015] Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1 and 2, anexercise and massage device in accordance with the present inventioncomprises an elongate body 10 including an enlarged head 17 formed orprovided on either or both of the ends of the elongate body 10, andincluding a weight 11 engaged in either or both of the ends of theelongate body 10. The weight 11 may include a cylindrical shape (FIG. 2)or a spherical shape (FIG. 3) or the other shapes. A hand grip 12 ispreferably provided and engaged onto the outer peripheral portion of theelongate body 10 for grasping or gripping purposes, and may be extendedalong the whole length or a portion of the elongate body 10. Theelongate body 10 and/or the hand grip 12 preferably includes a wavyouter peripheral surface 14 formed in the outer peripheral portionthereof for facilitating the grasping or the gripping of the exerciseand massage device.

[0016] The elongate body 10 may be made of rubber or composite orsynthetic rubber materials having a suitable resilience and flexibilityfor allowing the ends of the elongate body 10 to be vibrated or swungrelative to the hand grip 12 by the user (FIG. 1). The elongate body 10may be formed by a molding or mold-injection process. The hand grip 12may also be formed by a molding or a mold-injection process with thespongy or foamable materials, such as the poly urethane (PU), and may beeasily and quickly formed onto the elongate body 10 by the moldingprocess. The weights 11 may also be easily and quickly formed into theelongate body 10 by the molding process, and may be made by magneticmaterials.

[0017] In operation, as shown in FIG. 1, the user may hold the hand grip12 to vibrate the ends of the elongate body 10 for rhythmic exercisingpurposes. The user may also hold one end of the elongate body 10 and usethe other end of the elongate body 10 to strike onto and to massage theuser.

[0018] The rubber elongate body 10 and the hand grip 12 and the enlargedheads 17 and the weights 11 and the wavy outer surface 14 of theelongate body 10 and/or of the hand grip 12 may be easily and quicklymade with one or more molding processes, and with less expenses. Noelements are required to be assembled, such that the device may be madewith mass production.

[0019] Accordingly, the exercise and massage device in accordance withthe present invention includes a resilient and flexible structure havinga greatly simplified configuration that is excellent for mass productionand that may be made with less expenses.

[0020] Although this invention has been described with a certain degreeof particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure hasbeen made by way of example only and that numerous changes in thedetailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:
 1. An exercise and massage device comprising: an elongate body,said elongate body being made of rubber material.
 2. The exercise andmassage device according to claim 1, wherein said elongate body includesat least one end having an enlarged head formed thereon.
 3. The exerciseand massage device according to claim 1, wherein said elongate bodyincludes at least one end having a weight engaged therein.
 4. Theexercise and massage device according to claim 3, wherein said weight isa magnetic weight.
 5. The exercise and massage device according to claim3, wherein said weight includes a cylindrical shape.
 6. The exercise andmassage device according to claim 1 further comprising a hand gripattached onto said elongate body.
 7. The exercise and massage deviceaccording to claim 6, wherein said hand grip includes a wavy outerperipheral surface.
 8. The exercise and massage device according toclaim 1, wherein said elongate body includes a wavy outer peripheralsurface.